Cup and handle therefor



Aug. 18, 1925. 1,550,618

. c. E. KEMP CUP AND HANDLE THEREFOR Filed June .5, 1921 Patented Aug. 18, 1925.

UNITED STATESTPATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES EUGENE KEMP, or WILLIAMSPQBT, PENNSYLVANIA.

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1 Application filed June 23, 1921. Serial No. 479,826.

7 '0 all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, CHARLE-s E. K MP, a citizen of the United States, residing in Williarnsport, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Cups and Handles Therefor, of which the following is a Specification.

One object of my invention is to make a cup without a handle and to provide means whereby a metallic handle can be seperspective view of china, porcelain, or other suitable material.

The cup may be of'any shape and size desired, but must be provided with an annular groove 2 on the outside some distance from the upper edge. The material of the cup is preferably reinforced, as at 3, and the groove is formed in this reinforced portion. The groove preferably extends around the cup, as shown in Fig. 1.

4 is the handle made of spring, preferably steel. This handle is made from a ring bent into shape to form an encircling por tion 6, which fits snugly in the groove 2 of asuitable hand hold. This construction allows for the ready expansion of the encircling portion 6, when applied to the cup, or

when removed therefrom. The handle may It will be seen from the above construction thatthe cup can be 'made to fit a particular formof handle and that the handle is arranged to fit in the groove formed in the cup.

' When cups are made of china, or porcelain, the body of the cup remains intact I after'the handle is broken. Under ordinary circumstances, thls renders the cup useless and it 18 dlscarded. In restaurants and lunch rooms, where. cups are used in large numbers the percentage of breakage is proportionately large entailing a loss that is obviated by the use of my improved cup and handle. The cracking of a cup does not render it worthless, if made in accordance with my invention, the life ofthe cup nular groove therein and a detachable hanbeing thusconsiderably lengthened by means dle for said cup made of a continuous ring.

of resilient wire, shaped to form an encircling portion and a hand hold, said encircling portion being located in the groove of the cup and extending entirely around the cup, the hand held consisting of two parallel sections of wire bent at right angles to the encircling portion, and acting as a spring tending to contract the encircling portion with a force to retain it in the groove of the cup under conditions'of use and allowing the encircling portion to be enlarged to remove the handle from the cup or to apply the handle to the cup.

onARLEs EUGENE KEMP. 

